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Latin 3

Latin 3 is specifically developed as a pre-AP Latin literature survey course and will prepare Latin students to read, comprehend, and analyze various authors and genres of Latin literature, as well as their historical and political contexts. This course provides excellent preparation for successful completion, in the ensuing year, of the rigorous and lengthy AP Latin literature syllabus, as well as the SAT exam for Latin and the National Latin Exam, level III. This full year course emphasizes the reading, translation, and analysis of stylistic techniques as well as thematic analysis and comparison/contrast discussions with other authors and literary works. Oral readings and audio recordings in Latin will be included, as well as essays and class discussions conducted in English on relevant themes based on AP rubrics. Quarterly etymology activities will increase students' knowledge of their own language. Additional collaborative opportunities such as group projects and group wiki translations are essential components of the VHS Learning classroom.

In this Standard-level course, students are expected to invest approximately 6 hours per week on their coursework.

Acknowledgements

  • Successful completion of Latin 1 and 2
  • This course contains an end-of-course proctored exam. Instructions for students to identify an appropriate adult proctor are included in the course lessons.

Course Objectives

Students will be able to:

  • Cultivate the full complement of comprehension and analysis skills needed to read and interpret with confidence various works and genres in the original Latin.
  • Foster sensitivity to and facility in reproducing the sounds of Latin poetry and oratory, as well as student’s ability to analyze the authors’ use of sound to impact the meaning of their writing.
  • To develop in more depth (from Latin I and II) the perspectives of Roman culture as revealed in Roman practices and history gained directly from the students’ readings.
  • Provide a range of specialized terms and vocabulary apply, share in other academic disciplines.
  • Stimulate connections of Latin writings to world cultures and literatures.
  • Develop and enhance students’ active English vocabularies as well as students’ English language skills via lessons and exercises.
  • Provide knowledge through Latin literature by which students are empowered to make connections between the ancient world and their own.
  • Strengthen skills of second language acquisition.